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Recently, when I click on a running program in the taskbar, it is anyones guess if it will come to the front. Google chrome behind Blizzard desktop launcher, neither clicking on the program in the taskbar nor clicking on the parts of the window visible to the side of the launcher bring it to the top. Malwarebytes window open, world of warcraft on top of it, click it and it won't come to the front for several clicks. Once it is on front, now clicking on wow wont bring wow to the front. GOM media player, 3 windows open, click torrent client, comes to the front on top of 2 out of three of the gom windows. Windows explorer windows open browsing files, bring chrome to the front on top of it, clicking explorer in the taskbar will not bring it to the front. It seems to be totally random. I ran malwarebytes and got rid of some adware, and for a minute it seemed like that had fixed it. An hour later and it is happening again. Spotify on top of file folder window, clicking explorer does not come to the front.
Any help?
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I had same problem under windows 10 x64
Tried scf/scannow but no results, the below link solved the problem(although SCF showed corrupted files)
1. Go to start and type regedit.exe.
2. Navigate to the following location: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop.
3. Double click the 'ForegroundLockTimeout' key. Change the notation to decimal.
4. The default value should be 200000 millisecond in decimal, or 200 seconds. Click OK.
5. Restart your computer and check if the issue persists.
Hi,
If you are facing the issue try the steps provided below and see if it helps you to fix the issue.
Step 1
Let’s boot the computer in Safe Mode and check if issue reappears. Safe mode is a diagnostic mode that starts your computer in a limited state. Only the basic files and drivers necessary to run Windows are started. The words Safe Mode appear in the corners of your monitor to identify which Windows mode you’re using. You may refer to the article mentioned below to boot the computer in safe mode.
Advanced startup options (including safe mode).
Step 2:
If your computer works fine in safe mode, I would suggest you to perform clean boot.
Putting your system in Clean Boot state helps in identifying if any third party applications or startup items are causing the issue. You need to follow the steps from the article mentioned below to perform a Clean Boot.
How to perform a clean boot in Windows
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/929135/en-us
Note: Refer "How to reset the computer to start normally after clean boot troubleshooting" to reset the computer to start as normal after troubleshooting.
Do keep us updated.
Regards,
Hi,
Thank you for the update on the issue and good to hear that your issue is resolved by following the steps provided. We really appreciate your efforts and time which you spent on resolving the issue.
In addition to that, you are always welcome to post your queries on Microsoft Community forum. We'll be glad to assist you again.
Regards,
Ahmed_Yassin you are my single most-favourite person on Earth
This worked when all else had failed and I was about to go throw the laptop into the river.
You're a lifesaver!
That appears to have did it. Thank you very much!
Well, the problem came back. The 200000 value I set in regedit is still there. Any ideas?
